Politico: “Democrats in Florida, a must-win state for President Donald Trump, have requested roughly 730,000 more election ballots ahead of the general election than Republicans, who have seen their traditional vote-by-mail dominance eroded by the president’s efforts to brand it as a vehicle for widespread fraud. As of Thursday morning, Democrats in the nation’s largest swing state had requested 2.3 million mail ballots, compared with 1.5 million requests from registered Republican voters. That’s a departure from four years ago, when a million Republicans requested ballots compared to fewer than 882,000 Democrats.”
“It’s a good — but not conclusive — early sign for Democrats less than six weeks from Election Day in a state where every vote counts. Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are all but deadlocked in the state, where Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by just 166,911 votes. ‘Of course it’s a great indicator,’ said state Rep. Evan Jenne, a Broward County Democrat who is helping coordinate the party’s House campaigns this cycle. ‘But there are a number of different things that will go into who wins on Election Day, and we can’t sleep on a lead.'”